Kevin Durant led the team in scoring, but truly everyone that played major minutes helped out.  Lebron James had 19 points, and becomes second to Michael Jordan in winning the NBA title, NBA Finals MVP, and regular season MVP to go along with his Gold Medal.  Speaking of how comparisons, how fitting it is that James would do something only Jordan has done.

Spain had the help of the Gasol brothers in Marc and Pau trying to keep up with this super star driven USA team.  Serge Ibaka stepped up in key moments, but it wasn’t enough.  Team USA gets the victory for a 107-100 win.  Now the question is will there be an age limit to the next time this rolls around? If we want to send our best players, then there shouldn’t be any talk of making this 23 and under.  The best stars are one the ones who will be older in the 2016 Olympics, and we want our best players there representing.

That’s the key for this game is that Team USA needs to turn it on from the beginning.  I’ve said many times in previewing these Olympic games that USA can turn it on when they need to.  But why can’t they just turn it on at the beginning, dominate these games, and move on to the next round?

The approach has to be that way.  It’s win or get knocked out, so each game has a little bit of pressure on it.  Not like this team has some pressure anyways after all the talk of this year’s team versus the original Dream Team.  Have we beat that to death yet?  If this year’s team fails, there’s no debate on who’s better.  But if 2012 USA can put together some crushing wins, then the debate might rage on.

Today’s game marks the start of what should be a gold filled way for Team USA.  Anything less would be a failure.